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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

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However, it is only a short taxi ride away from the airport where most travelers will arrive at – better to see birds instead of just eating fast food while waiting for a connecting flight. As the rice paddies near Kota Kinabalu described in an earlier post , Tanjung Aru beach is not really a major birding spot in its own right.

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Three Interesting Things

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But researchers have now found evidence of a giant European bat that is plucking migrating birds out of the night sky. Several months ago, a group of bat researchers spent the night recording the sounds of a marshy Spanish forest. Fast food, caffeine and deadlines fuel your day’s full schedule. Birds research'